PMID- 23431040 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130610 LR - 20130417 IS - 1537-6613 (Electronic) IS - 0022-1899 (Linking) VI - 207 IP - 10 DP - 2013 May 15 TI - Regulation of chemokines, CCL3 and CCL4, by interferon gamma and nitric oxide synthase 2 in mouse macrophages and during Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium infection. PG - 1556-68 LID - 10.1093/infdis/jit067 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Interferon gamma (IFN-gamma) increases the expression of multiple genes and responses; however, the mechanisms by which IFN-gamma downmodulates cellular responses is not well understood. In this study, the repression of CCL3 and CCL4 by IFN-gamma and nitric oxide synthase 2 (NOS2) in macrophages and upon Salmonella typhimurium infection of mice was investigated. METHODS: Small molecule regulators and adherent peritoneal exudates cells (A-PECs) from Nos2(-/-)mice were used to identify the contribution of signaling molecules during IFN-gamma-mediated in vitro regulation of CCL3, CCL4, and CXCL10. In addition, infection of bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs) and mice (C57BL/6, Ifn-gamma(-/), and Nos2(-/-)) with S. typhimurium were used to gain an understanding of the in vivo regulation of these chemokines. RESULTS: IFN-gamma repressed CCL3 and CCL4 in a signal transducer and activator of transcription 1 (STAT1)-NOS2-p38 mitogen activated protein kinase (p38MAPK)-activating transcription factor 3 (ATF3) dependent pathway in A-PECs. Also, during intracellular replication of S. typhimurium in BMDMs, IFN-gamma and NOS2 repressed CCL3 and CCL4 production. The physiological roles of these observations were revealed during oral infection of mice with S. typhimurium, wherein endogenous IFN-gamma and NOS2 enhanced serum amounts of tumor necrosis factor alpha and CXCL10 but repressed CCL3 and CCL4. CONCLUSIONS: This study sheds novel mechanistic insight on the regulation of CCL3 and CCL4 in mouse macrophages and during S. typhimurium oral infection. FAU - Chandrasekar, Bhagawat AU - Chandrasekar B AD - Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India. FAU - Deobagkar-Lele, Mukta AU - Deobagkar-Lele M FAU - Victor, Emmanuel S AU - Victor ES FAU - Nandi, Dipankar AU - Nandi D LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20130221 PL - United States TA - J Infect Dis JT - The Journal of infectious diseases JID - 0413675 RN - 0 (Activating Transcription Factor 3) RN - 0 (Ccl3 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Chemokine CCL3) RN - 0 (Chemokine CCL4) RN - 0 (Chemokine CXCL10) RN - 0 (Cxcl10 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (STAT1 Transcription Factor) RN - 0 (Stat1 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) RN - 82115-62-6 (Interferon-gamma) RN - EC 1.14.13.39 (Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II) RN - EC 1.14.13.39 (Nos2 protein, mouse) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) SB - IM MH - Activating Transcription Factor 3/genetics/metabolism MH - Animals MH - Chemokine CCL3/genetics/*metabolism MH - Chemokine CCL4/genetics/*metabolism MH - Chemokine CXCL10 MH - Gene Expression Regulation MH - Interferon-gamma/*metabolism MH - Macrophages/metabolism MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II/genetics/*metabolism MH - STAT1 Transcription Factor/genetics/metabolism MH - Salmonella Infections, Animal/*immunology MH - Salmonella typhimurium/metabolism/pathogenicity MH - Stem Cells/metabolism MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/blood MH - p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/genetics/metabolism EDAT- 2013/02/23 06:00 MHDA- 2013/06/12 06:00 CRDT- 2013/02/23 06:00 PHST- 2013/02/23 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/02/23 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/06/12 06:00 [medline] AID - jit067 [pii] AID - 10.1093/infdis/jit067 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Infect Dis. 2013 May 15;207(10):1556-68. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jit067. Epub 2013 Feb 21.